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Originally Posted by Lory Nope, sorry, I don't agree! 
Its much better to do it properly, particularly paying maximum attention to where the axis is, than to speed up and get it wrong!  |
I totally agree in general - but when you're dancing with a partner on speed (!), you have to put up with it. And there are
some benefits to trying to speed it up, it does make you think at "dance speed"; if you can do it right at that speed, you're doing well. Also, some of the flowing movements like baridas seemed to me to flow more naturally when done faster - you almost didn't have time to think about it, the movements became natural.
Having said all that, I know what you're saying, and proper technique and positioning are very important - also, speed encourages sloppy technique. But speed is important too - and for me, when dancing with someone who's rushing through things*, if I focus on getting some value out of it, at least that's something positive I can get from the session.
* Believe me when I say, I repeatedly asked her to slow it down, to get the technique right, but she wasn't listening to me
As an addendum - is there any way to
enforce a particular speed as a leader? I couldn't work out a way last night...